As the future of Twitter’s remains clouded Mastodon is benefitting with new users including some big players like Mozilla. But is the distributed social media platform capable of being scaled up and managed effectively? Plus is the future of vertical farming at risk from higher energy prices. The New York Times reports that Google issued a Code red over the rise of ChatGPT. Google CEO Sundar Pichai directed teams in Google’s research, trust, and safety division to assist in developing AI prototypes and products.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Quick Hits:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23520130/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-shakeup-sports-streaming

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/21/quora-launches-poe-a-way-to-talk-to-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/micron-cut-10-workforce-demand-212137591.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/ftxs-gary-wang-alamedas-caroline-ellison-plead-guilty-to-federal-charges-cooperating-with-prosecutors.html

https://www.engadget.com/meta-quest-2-is-getting-faster-thanks-to-an-update-090206374.html

Top Stories:

https://www.wired.com/story/vertical-farms-energy-crisis/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-search.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-management-issues-code-red-over-chatgpt-report-2022-12

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-isnt-launching-chatgpt-competitor-due-to-reputational-risk-2022-12

Discussion Story:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/mastodon-is-hurtling-toward-a-tipping-point/

https://joinmastodon.org/

https://techtom.substack.com/p/the-basics-of-mastodon

https://joinmastodon.org/servers

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/21/firefox-and-tumblr-join-rush-to-support-mastodon-social-network

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/why-would-anyone-use-another-centralized-social-media-service-after-this/

https://nostr.com/

https://blueskyweb.org/

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/12/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-prevents-sharing-links/

Kicker:

https://gizmodo.com/game-boy-capture-card-streaming-twitch-youtube-native-1849918530

https://there.oughta.be/a/game-boy-capture-cartridge

Mailbag:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/

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